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Xiaomi Mi 10 could steal Samsung Galaxy S20’s thunder with 108-megapixel camera
Xiaomi is expected to launch Mi 10 on the same day as Samsung’s Galaxy S20 lineup. Here’s what the latest leak has to say about the Xiaomi phone.
Xiaomi is gearing up for its first biggest product launch of the year, Mi 10. Expected to launch mid-February, Mi 10 has already been leaked multiple times. Interestingly enough, Xiaomi Mi 10 could launch on the same day as Samsung's Galaxy S20 series.
A new leak claims Xiaomi's Mi 10 smartphone will come with a 108-megapixel camera. According to older leaks, Mi 10 is going to come with a quad-camera setup including 20-megapixel, 12-megapixel, and 5-megapixel sensors. Xiaomi's Mi 10 Pro is also rumoured to come with a 108-megapixel camera along with 48-megapixel, 12-megapixel, and 8-megapixel cameras.
It is worth noting that Samsung is also rumoured to launch Galaxy S20 Ultra with 108-megapixel camera. The smartphone is said to come with 48-megapixel telephoto, 12-megapixel ultrawide, and time-of-flight sensor.
Samsung, however, is likely to have an improved 108-megapixel camera sensor under the hood. According to reports, Samsung will use a 9-to-1 Bayer sensor, which is said to be much better than the 4-in-1.
As far as 108-megapixel camera goes, Xiaomi has already launched Mi Note 10 with the said camera. Xiaomi is planning to launch Mi Note 10 in India very soon.
Coming back to Mi 10, the smartphone is already confirmed to come with Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 processor. The chip is also going to power Samsung Galaxy S20 and other top flagship phones in 2020. The new leak claims Xiaomi's Mi 10 could be one of the cheapest phones in the market to come with Qualcomm's flagship chipset of the year.
Collating older rumours and leaks, Xiaomi Mi 10 is said to come in as many as three configurations - 8GB, 128GB, 8GB, 256GB, and 12GB, 256GB. The phone will reportedly have a 4,500mAh battery with 66W fast charging support. The smartphone will have a punch-hole camera on the front and OLED display. The back panel could sport a Mi Mix Alpha-like strip.
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SAN MATEO, Calif., Feb. 20, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Opera Mediaworks, the world's largest mobile advertising platform, is set to make waves on its trip to Barcelona for Mobile World Congress taking place February 24 to 27. The company will be celebrating its one-year anniversary since the official launch of the Opera Mediaworks subsidiary and brand. A fully-owned subsidiary of Opera Software, Opera Mediaworks has reached multiple milestones in the last year including:
- Revenue Growth
Opera Mediaworks revenues increased 134% from Q1 to Q4 2013 with growth across-the-board in advertiser services -- from premium, performance and app-installs -- to creative services and publisher services that includes ad serving, ad mediation and rich media.
- The industry's leading mobile ad technology platform and monetization tools
Reflecting its strongly differentiated value proposition for brand advertisers, Opera Mediaworks ran a record number of campaigns in Q4 2013, attracting multiple category-leading brands and advertisers including BMW, Lexus, Mercedes-Benz, Canon, Samsung, AMEX, Mastercard, Wells Fargo, 20th Century Fox, BBC, Sony, Universal, Amazon, Google, Netflix, king.com, among others.
Opera Mediaworks powers advertising for 20 of the top 25 global media companies worldwide, and directly manages advertising on more than 14,000+ premium mobile sites and applications, managing over 65 billion ad impressions a month. The platform also enabled over $500 million in publisher revenue in 2013.
- The world's most sought-after mobile advertising audience
Opera Mediaworks has now achieved a major milestone of reaching more than 500 million unique mobile consumers a month globally.
- The largest independent and cross-platform app store in the world
The Opera Mobile Store grew its user base by 172% in one year, reaching more than 100 million monthly visitors and offering more than 200,000 apps across most platforms, including Android, Java, BlackBerry, Symbian and iOS.
- Moving with the trends of smartphone and tablet growth
Opera Mediaworks' made a substantial expansion in Latin America, helped by the addition of the Hunt Mobile Ads team, a leading mobile ad network in Latin America.
- Product and service innovation
Opera Mediaworks will be introducing a slate of new products and services at Mobile World Congress building upon the strong track record of driving innovation in rich media and video, audio and voice ads and 3rd party platforms.
Through its quarterly State of Mobile Advertising reports, Opera Mediaworks provides deep insights into the war between iOS an Android, content consumption, advertising engagement and the global mobile audience.
Opera Mediaworks' presence in Barcelona
CEO Mahi de Silva will participate in a televised panel discussion run by GSMA as part of its Mobile World Live TV series on Tuesday, February 25 from 1:00 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. These series are broadcast across the internet and on the jumbo screens scattered around the show area. Mahi will participate in one of these interviews, focusing on the success of local apps.
Scott Swanson, President, Global Advertiser Sales, Opera Mediaworks is moderating a panel discussion at the the Mobile Media Summit titled, '30,000 Feet and Climbing: What CMOs Want in Mobile.' Mobile is reshaping all aspects of the marketing and media mix and at this panel attendees will hear directly from the top minds in advertising on what their client CMOs want today and what they are looking at in the future for mobile. Panel participants will include representatives from Ogilvy, Mindshare Worldwide, Universal McCann and PHD Network.
Opera Mediaworks will be located at the Opera Software booth at MWC (Hall 5, Stand C21) and will showcase company offerings, provide demonstrations and the opportunity to interact with Opera representatives. Opera Mediaworks will also have a booth in the App Planet pavilion (Hall 8.1, Stand I16).
"Opera Mediaworks has experienced tremendous growth and expansion, building the engine that drives the mobile ad economy in 2013," says Mahi de Silva, CEO, Opera Mediaworks. "We now have the financial strength, global footprint and technology to enable and define the next generation of data-driven digital marketing. We look forward to showcasing the only end-to-end platform specializing in mobile that serves both the supply and demand side of the mobile advertising business with a global presence during this grand event."
To meet with an Opera Mediaworks representative during Mobile World Congress, please contact [email protected].
About Opera Mediaworks
Opera Mediaworks powers the mobile ad economy. Technology and service innovation has helped us become the world the biggest brand-focused mobile ad network, and the world's leading ad tech platform, delivering monetization tools to the biggest and best publishers around the globe. This comprehensive end-to-end platform offers solutions for brands, agencies, publishers and application developers. Our mission is to deliver relevance in the medium where relevance matters most - on mobile devices. We improve efficiency through technology, innovation, transparency and trust, to create an open and vibrant marketplace for publishers and advertisers across the globe.
Opera Mediaworks includes AdMarvel, a mobile ad server and mediation platform; OMAX a mobile ad exchange, Mobile Theory, a premium mobile ad network in the United States; 4th Screen Advertising Ltd., a premium ad network in the United Kingdom; and Mediaworks Performance, a results-driven, mobile ad network. Also included are impressions served within Opera mobile properties, including the Opera Mini Smart Page and the Opera Mobile Store. Opera Mediaworks is part of the Opera Group.
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Spansion promises power cuts for the Google club
Flash-memory maker Spansion is trying to convince big Internet server farm users such as Google that it can slash power bills by replacing much of the DRAM on the machines’ motherboards with flash memory.
Some flash-memory makers are trying to sell server makers on the idea of putting their solid-state devices into hard drive modules. But Spansion plans to introduce a new type of flash memory later this year that can operate on the dual-in-line memory modules (DIMMs) used in most servers, claiming that a shift to flash will make it possible to consolidate as many as four servers into one.
Although the processors in servers consume more than 100W apiece, the contribution from DRAM has been creeping up. John Nation, director of corporate marketing at Spansion, claimed that by converting much of the server’s memory to flash, users would see dramatic power savings. Part of the reason lies in the non-volatility of flash it does not need to be continually refreshed in the same way as DRAM.
“We will put some intelligence into the front-end to make it look like DRAM. However, we have to think about how the system works, so we are talking to two levels of customer here: the server manufacturers and then there is their customer base, companies such as Google, Facebook and Friendster,” Nation explained.
The problem with flash memory is that, although it can more or less match DRAM on read speeds, writes are orders of magnitude slower. Nation claimed that some of the large Internet companies have applications that can work with this, using the flash to store content that is written to very rarely, such as static content, video and search indexes. Database pages would be stored in the remaining DRAM section.
Nation claimed that it should be possible to pack more capacity into the flash modules than is possible with DRAMs largely because the increases in DRAM capacity have rolled off since the end of the 1990s, whereas flash development has intensified. “We are looking at densities of 4Gb and up,” Nation claimed. “We could have one server perform the function of four DRAM-only servers.”
Nation refused to talk about the details of the approach that Spansion is taking with its DRAM-replacement technology. It is unclear how the DIMMs will be buffered as tests performed by analysts such as Neal Nelson and Associates have shown that the buffers used in the modules contribute heavily to power consumption when the server is idling.
A product launch is planned for later in the year based on a new generation of flash the company has named Eclipse. “We have working today a concept that demonstrates the advantage that is not using the optimised Eclipse technology,” said Nation, conceding that the replacement of DRAM with flash will call for some changes in the software of servers if not the motherboard design. “Software is not a particularly major issue but it is different. That is why we are talking about it now. We could see revenue on this technology this year.”
Image: Spansion has the DRAMs used in big server farms in its sights


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(03/17/2015) The Aujan Coca-Cola Beverages Company (ACCBC), one of the leading beverage industry players in the Middle East and North Africa, is hosting the 11th InnoBev Global Soft Drinks Congress. The highly anticipated event began today and will run for three days, until March 19 at the Palace Hotel in Dubai.
The InnobevCongress kicked off with an ACCBC hosted bottling plant tour of their facility in Dubai Investment Park. Congress delegates and media were guided throughthe full bottling process from the concentrate, to the filling line until the final product is sealed for delivery.
ACCBC is the authorised manufacturer and distributor of Rani and Barbican brands and the licensed manufacturer in the Middle East for VIMTO. In 2014, ACCBC acquired a majority stake in the National Beverage Company S.A.L. (NBC), becoming the manufacturer and distributor of Coca-Cola, Pampa, and several other brands in Lebanon.
Nicolaas Nusmeier, Chief Executive Officer of ACCBCcommented: “The conference provides a unique platform to discuss the challenges and latest solutions in the soft drinks industry, which no other event has been dedicated to so far in this region. It is also an excellent opportunity for global leaders as well as entrepreneurs to meet and explore new partnerships and future collaborations.”
InnoBev Global Soft Drinks Congress is organised by specialist food and drink industry consultancy Zenith International, and held in Dubai under the theme “Thirst for Change”, the programme includes a range of regional and global market insights on the latest trends, as well as a focus on growth opportunities in the region.
Richard Hall, Chairman of Zenith International Ltd commented:“This is a crucial time for soft drinks. Traditional views are being questioned, new technologies are opening up new opportunities and society is making ever greater demands on industry. Under our Thirst for Change theme, the conference aims to discuss these challenges and consider solutions which will help businesses plan better for the future at the same time as responding effectively to current market pressures”.
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About Aujan Coca-Cola Beverages Company:
Aujan Coca-Cola Beverages Company (ACCBC) is the authorised manufacturer and distributor of Rani and Barbican brands and the licensed manufacturer in the Middle East for VIMTO. In 2014, ACCBC acquired a majority stake in the National Beverage Company S.A.L. (NBC), becoming the manufacturer and distributor of Coca-Cola, Pampa, and several other brands in Lebanon.
ACCBC and Rani Refreshments (RR), the global trademark owner of Rani and Barbican, were established in 2012 following the successful establishment of a partnership between The Coca-Cola Company and Aujan Industries.
ACCBC owns three manufacturing facilities located in Dammam, Saudi Arabia; Dubai, UAE; and Beirut, Lebanon. In 2014, the company announced plans to build a new manufacturing facility in Cairo, Egypt.
About Zenith International:
Recognised since the 1990s as Europe’s leading drinks consultancy, Zenith International has over 1,000 clients across more than 50 countries. The company’s main activities involve comprehensive market analysis, strategic and commercial advice, financial and technical consulting projects, information services, trade journals and event organisation. With some 40 staff based in the World Heritage City of Bath, Zenith also has regional representation in numerous other countries, including an office in Dubai.
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Doug May expects economic recovery to gain traction during 2011 even as consumers and business owners regain confidence and stock prices rise.
While U.S. payrolls will grow, the gains won’t be enough to substantially pull down unemployment rates, however.
“Things are better. But if you’re looking for a job, you probably don’t feel it,” said May, president of May-Investments in Grand Junction.
May’s outlook for 2011 follows a year that turned out better than he initially anticipated.
May said he expected the economy to “muddle through” 2010 with only 1 percent growth in gross domestic product, the broad measure of goods and services produced in the country. GDP growth for 2010 likely will end up between 2 percent and 3 percent, he said. May also expected stock prices to move lower in 2010 when, in fact, they rose about 15 percent.
May was more accurate in his forecast for unemployment, which he pegged at 9.5 percent. The unemployment rate dropped four-tenths to 9.4 percent in December.
As for 2011, May expects GDP to grow at an annual rate of 3.5 percent and stock prices to move even higher.
While the U.S. economy historically has bounced back from downturns with more robust GDP growth of 5 percent to 7 percent, May called a 3.5 percent gain in GDP “pretty healthy” in an environment of slow growth.
That “new normal” will include a more normal level of consumer and business confidence, May said. “Some of the angst goes away.”
Rising confidence will in turn fuel increased consumer spending and more hiring.
Stock prices have climbed almost 90 percent from the latest bottom of the market, May said. “Clearly, that’s a pretty significant recovery.”
May expects prices to move even higher in 2011 as corporate earnings continue to improve. It’s less clear whether or not prices will move too far beyond a plateau in which the Dow Jones industrial average has ranged between 8,000 and 11,000. “I’m still a little skeptical about how far the market will run.”
The stocks of companies in the health care and technology sectors in particular should fare well, while the telecommunications sector likely won’t do as well, he said.
May expects job growth to continue in 2011, but at a slow pace. While payrolls could grow as much as 2 million, that won’t be enough to bring down the unemployment rate much beyond 8.5 percent.
Both short and long-term interest rates should move higher in 2011, May said, which could raise some concerns later in the year. But those rates are starting out at low levels, he added.
May bases his outlook in part on his own leading economic index, which forecasts growth. “The strength we’ve seen so far should be sustained through 2011 and maybe beyond.”
The index incorporates a range of measures, including consumer and industrial loans outstanding, consumer spending, corporate profits, exports, global semiconductor billings, new manufacturing orders, oil and natural gas drilling rig counts, manufacturing capacity, money supply and small business optimism.
All but two of those components remain strong, May said. While bank lending remains down, he expects that trend to change. He said he’s more concerned about downturns in exports and shipping activity.
Overall, though, May said his outlook for 2011 is mostly upbeat. “It’s a good year. That’s what I’m looking for.”


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Mayor Rahm Emanuel sure does have a taste for making money.
This year, Emanuel continues his strategy to turn a profit from July's famously artery-clogging foodie fest, Taste of Chicago, with premium price tags for choice concert seats and gourmet meals by top Chicago chefs like Art Smith and Paul Virant.
The Taste runs July 9-13 and, as always, admission is free. Meanwhile, those who want to sample Smith's cuisine or see Janelle Monae perform from the front row will be charged fees of $45 and $50, respectively. Those tickets are now up for purchase via TicketWeb, re-hired by the city to handle ticket-selling operations; the company will rake in $3 per ticket sold to the Taste's five concerts at the Petrillo Music Shell and "Chef Du Jour" meals in addition to a 2.5 percent credit card fee, the Chicago Tribune reports.
TicketWeb collected $51,539 after first partnering with the city last year. In 2012, Groupon made nearly $17,000 through administering sales on its platform and receiving $2 per ticket sold.
The Taste profited slightly in 2013 following its $1.3 million loss the previous year when Emanuel introduced a charge on concert tickets, according to the Trib.
Earlier this year, Emanuel snagged City Council approval for a proposal to make concertgoers pay for the Petrillo's 3,000 lawn chairs as well as the "premium" seats close to the action. That cover charge is being held for the time being.
"The ordinance in February simply gave us that authority and was intended to give the Taste more flexibility to meet consumer demand at various price levels," said Mary May, who reps the city's cultural affairs department.
Since taking office in 2011, Emanuel has made it a mission to capitalize on Chicago's reputation as a foodie destination as part of an effort to attract more tourists here. He announced last week that the James Beard Foundation Awards, the so-called Oscars of the culinary world, will be moving from New York City to the Second City, with the prestige-soaked ceremony being held at the Lyric Opera on May 4, 2015.


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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Donald Trump, the billionaire real estate executive, is planning to sue U.S. Spanish-language TV network Univision for dropping coverage of the Miss USA pageant, which he partly owns, his lawyer said on Thursday.
“We intend to pursue all legal rights and remedies available to Mr. Trump pursuant to the terms of the license agreement as well as a defamation case against Univision,” lawyer Michael Cohen said in a statement.
NEW YORK (Reuters) – After an eight-year absence from the music industry, actress and singer Hilary Duff released her fifth studio album this week, “Breathe In. Breathe Out,” an upbeat dance album that touches on themes of self discovery, romance and failed love.
The former child star who shot to fame as the titular character in the Disney Channel’s “Lizzie McGuire” in 2001, has married, had a son and split from hockey player Mike Comrie since the release of “Dignity” in 2007.
NEW YORK, June 18 (Reuters) – Fans of British author E.L.
James’ “Fifty Shades of Grey” erotic trilogy clamored on
Thursday to get the first copies of her new book “Grey,” a
version of the first novel told through the eyes of her famous
At Barnes & Noble bookstore in Manhattan, where James was
doing a book signing on Thursday, the line stretched around the
NEW YORK (Reuters) – E.L. James, the British author of the hugely successful “Fifty Shades of Grey” erotic novels, is celebrating the fictional birthday of her famous male character on Thursday with the release of her new book, “Grey,” which looks set to be an instant bestseller.
Publisher Vintage Books said demand for the novel, told from the viewpoint of business tycoon Christian Grey, has been consistent with the other books in the trilogy, which have sold more than 125 million copies worldwide.
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A collection of about 2,000 posters from the World War One era, considered to be one of the world’s finest and amassed over more than a decade by a U.S. Army officer, will be sold at auction later this month, Guernsey’s auction house said on Tuesday.
The collection, which will go under the hammer during an online, unreserved auction with no minimum bids on June 30 and July 1, includes the famous poster of a stern-looking, top-hatted Uncle Sam pointing a finger with the words, “I Want You for U.S. Army.”
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Actress Helen Mirren won her first Tony on Sunday for her role as Queen Elizabeth II in “The Audience,” and her co-star Richard McCabe picked up the best featured actor prize at the 2015 Tony Awards.
Edgy new productions are up against more classic shows, and newcomers are in tight races with veteran stars for the 69th Annual Tony Awards, theater’s highest honors.
NEW YORK, June 7 (Reuters) – Risky new productions are vying
with more classic shows, and newcomers are in tight races with
veteran stars on Sunday for the 2015 Tony Awards, U.S. theater’s
highest honors, and the culmination of Broadway’s most
successful season ever.
The 69th Annual Tony Awards will celebrate the best in a
record-breaking season in which audience numbers topped 13.1
million and grosses rose to a $1.36 billion.
NEW YORK, June 3 (Reuters) – Deep-pocketed car lovers will
have a chance to buy a rare McLaren F1 when it goes on the
auction block this summer, as part of a sale of a private
collection of some of the world’s finest sports and supercars.
The 1998 orange, three-seater F1 “LM-Specification” car is
one of the highlights of The Pinnacle Portfolio, a collection of
more than 20 post-World War Two cars that is expected to fetch a
total of more than $65 million in a standalone sale on Aug. 13
by RM Sotheby’s at California’s Monterey 2015 Classic Car
NEW YORK, June 3 (Reuters) – Broadway is preparing for its
biggest night on Sunday with the 2015 Tony Awards, U.S.
theater’s highest honors, following a record-breaking season
with a commercial hit vying with an edgy musical for the top
Tony winners Alan Cumming and Kristin Chenoweth, who is also
a nominee, will co-host the show that will be broadcast live on
CBS television from Radio City Music Hall.
NEW YORK, June 2 (Reuters) – An archive of six typewritten
letters by “To Kill a Mockingbird” author Harper Lee could sell
for up to $250,000 when it goes under the hammer this month,
Christie’s auction house said on Tuesday.
The letters were undated or written between 1956 and 1961 to
Lee’s friend, New York architect Harold Caufield. They will be
auctioned on June 12 in New York.


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Ryan Crabtree works as a full-time firefighter and is the owner of US Safety Products, providing safety equipment to America’s First Responders. As COVID-19 broke out, it was second nature for Ryan to donate personal protective equipment (PPE) to first responders in the area, but he felt he could do more to support essential workers at such a critical moment.
Around the dinner table with his family, the Crabtrees decided to start a yard sign campaign called the “Thank You First Responders” Program. They would sell yard signs, decals, and banners to show community support, then donate funds to partners and first responders. The Team finalized designs, created an OMG online store, and Ryan kicked off the campaign with a Facebook Live video on the US Safety Products Facebook page to spread the news.
“We are relying on technology now more than ever, and good people to help make this work,” Ryan commented. He used an OMG online store created specifically for the campaign to streamline the ordering process. Putting the signs in an online store allowed him to reach and do business with individuals across the community in a social-distancing-approved way.
With schools moving to online learning, the Crabtree kids became involved in moving the campaign forward, providing vital work to meet the order demand. Kyle (age 13) assists in the printing and strategizes ways to set up the shop to maximize their ability to print signs. Kayla (age 16) mounts the signs and is responsible for organizing delivery routes and texting customers about their drop-off. Keegan (age 9) stakes the signs and manages the GPS during drop-offs. Lori, Ryan’s wife, drives the drop-off route and keeps everyone in line. Their Team effort has quickly become a memorable learning experience, bringing the entire family closer together.
Within just a day of launching their online store, Ryan and his family started to see the impact of their campaign one community member at a time.
Ryan’s main goal with the campaign was to raise funds to support first responders during the COVID-19 crisis. In addition to donating PPE, Ryan designed the campaign to raise money for donations to different community partners in an effort to support them in their work. The first recipient was a connection Ryan had with Halgren Creations, who was making Ear Savers to donate to first responders. The second recipient was a group of local seamstresses who were sewing masks to donate to first responders in the area. The third recipient was Thornton Distillery and The Well, who were making hand sanitizer to donate.
The COVID-19 outbreak put pressure on a variety of people, including essential workers and those asked to self-quarantine. Ryan’s signs gave the community an easy way to display solidarity and show their support for first responders. Because of the high demand, Ryan quickly added new variations thanking teachers and celebrating birthdays, graduations, and anniversaries. The signs brightened people’s day, but it also gave them hope and a feeling of camaraderie.
“The really touching thing about this program is how individualized it is,” Ryan commented. “No matter what we do, we still need to deliver one sign at a time.” As the Team would approach the next sign drop-off location, Kayla would text the customer thanking them for their business and letting them know their sign is being dropped off. “When the kids deliver the signs, we’ll send that thank you text message and people will come out and say hi and want to talk – with social distancing of course – or they’ll wave and give a thumbs up.”
When the sign campaign first started, the goal was to hand-deliver items for free within 15 miles. After just a couple of days, that expanded to 60 miles because volunteers in the community joined the cause and lent support with distribution. Signs continued to pop up across the community, word spread, and social media shares took off, lending increased traction to the campaign. For example, LED and Safety volunteered to use their store as a pick-up location for signs orders.
Ryan was able to connect with area contacts and community leaders who lend legitimacy and credibility to their fundraising efforts, allowing the campaign to spread even further. “The more sales we have, the more donations we can make, so we want to get the word out,” Ryan commented.
“We’re a small company, and we’re just trying to make one small difference at a time with everything that we’re doing,” Ryan states. The six US Safety Products employees have been able to remain on staff, but Ryan has them doing projects at home instead of in the office. They have been making signs, taking inventory, and hand-delivering signs, among other projects. “Being a firefighter, bringing a disease home to my family would be devastating,” Ryan comments. “I didn’t want to do that to the people in our office.”
Each member of the Crabtree family plays an essential role in the success of the sign campaign, so it has quickly become a family affair. Pictures are the best way they’ve found to document the experience, and they’ve created many positive memories working together. Ryan is incredibly grateful for the support of his family at this time, saying “if it wasn’t for my family, we couldn’t do it. They are working 10 hours a day and they have it down, I trust their work.”
Ryan recognizes that they are just brushing the surface of the impact they can have. “I feel that the project is still in its infancy stages, and the goal is that every police department, fire department and hospital in Illinois gets a sign,” he states.
“What I’d like to do is bring that sign of hope and share it, not only over the state of Illinois but across the country.”
Ryan would love to share his art files with businesses or vendors that would like to implement his sign campaign in their own community. If interested, please contact him at firstname.lastname@example.org or 708-747-7639.
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The contract builds upon existing partnerships in Brazil, Malaysia, Taiwan, the UK and Ireland and will see DHL Supply Chain handle over one million Nespresso orders in its first year from facilities in Brisbane and Sydney
A Nespresso Boutique store in Sydney, Australia | Photo credit: Nespresso
Nespresso and DHL have strengthened their global logistics partnership with a new contract to provide e-commerce fulfilment services in Australia.
The deal will see DHL Supply Chain provide storage, warehousing, picking and packing of individual orders from omni-channel facilities in Brisbane and Sydney.
The new arrangement is expected to process one million orders in its first year. It marks the first time DHL has provided logistics and fulfilment services for Nespresso in the Australian market and builds upon existing contracts in Brazil, Malaysia, Taiwan, the UK and Ireland.
“This marks the beginning of a great partnership here in Australia and expands on the tremendous global partnership. The two facilities here will be a mix of manual and automation operations, featuring a pick-to-light system,” said Steve Thompsett, CEO, DHL Supply Chain Australia & New Zealand.
“We’re thrilled to partner with DHL Supply Chain with the opening of our new Sydney site to enable faster and more efficient order preparation, improving the delivery experience for our customers. Our new Brisbane site is also another important step for Nespresso in reducing our emissions locally as it minimises the need for airfreight from Sydney and Melbourne to Brisbane,” added Jean-Marc Dragoli, Managing Director, Nespresso Oceania.
Nespresso began trading in Australia in 1997 and currently operates 18 Nespresso Boutique stores across the country retailing coffee capsules, machines and accessories.


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Netflix is apparently preparing an impending expansion into the video game market, with a former Electronic Arts and Facebook executive leading the charge.
Mike Verdu, the most recent vice president of augmented reality and virtual reality content at Facebook, was named vice president of game development by Netflix on Wednesday. Verdu will report to Greg Peters, Chief Operating Officer, once it has been implemented on the platform.
Given Verdu’s experience at EA, which includes mobile hits like the Sims, Plants vs. Zombies, and Star Wars franchises, as well as his three-year stay at Zynga, the makers of Farmville, we can speculate on the types of games Netflix will produce in-house.
Alternatively, Netflix may opt for a hybrid model, similar to Google’s Stadia, in which it offers popular games from other platforms while adapting them for its own streaming technology. However, given that game streaming is likely to be included in the current subscription price, it’s more likely that it will focus on in-house titles.
The news is just the latest move by Netflix into an universe beyond streaming material like television episodes and movies, a realm that the platform has been hinting at for years to its 200 million customers. During the E3 gaming expo in 2019, Netflix first hinted at a future market expansion when it announced a planned mobile game based on the “Stranger Things” franchise.
Since then, Netflix has been less than forthcoming about its planned expansion, naming — Fortnite — a popular video game that has something to do with dancing — as its primary competitor in a 2019 letter to shareholders.
The Information originally revealed in May 2021 that Netflix was looking for an executive to bolster its gaming investments. It’s also not the first time Netflix has attempted to blur the boundaries between standard streaming programming and more avant-garde media, with recent interactive features like Black Mirror: Bandersnatch and Carmen Sandiego being examples.
Netflix is making measures that appeal to stakeholders, with shares jumping 2% in extended trading on Wednesday on the announcement of Verdu’s appointment, if the stock market can be trusted — which, let’s face it, it can’t. If things keep going as they are, we should all be ready for My Octopus Teacher: The Interactive Deep Sea Experience by 2025.
If the stock market can be believed — which, let’s face it, it can’t — Netflix is taking steps that will appeal to stakeholders, with shares soaring 2% in extended trading on Wednesday following the announcement of Verdu’s appointment. By 2025, we should all be ready for My Octopus Teacher: The Interactive Deep Sea Experience if things continue as they are.
Nevertheless, there will be yet another excuse to raise Netflix subscription costs, as it did not long ago, this time with the promise of a fresh new entertainment outlet, all from the comfort of your own Netflix account. Meanwhile, don’t anticipate this game option to appear in the Netflix app for iOS or Android without a struggle, as it will compete with Apple’s Arcade and Google Stadia projects.


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Foursquare launches major redesign
New features introduce elements of social discovery and search
IDG News Service - Foursquare on Thursday launched a major redesign of its app for the iPhone and Android devices, incorporating features from social discovery and local search applications, as well as the "like" feature made famous by Facebook.
Foursquare, which launched in 2009 and has 20 million users, lets users "check in" to shops and other locations to share their whereabouts with social contacts.
Foursquare described the redesign as "a whole new app." The app's "explore" function will now allow users to browse locations by category or conduct a specific search like "free wi-fi" or "dumplings," a company blog post announcing the launch said.
The company touts the "explore" function as a better local search than Google or Yelp. While users of those apps all get roughly the same results, Foursquare users get "a very personalized set of search results," based on prior check-ins, friends' check-ins and a given location's popularity across Foursquare, Holger Luedorf, Foursquare's vice president of business development, said at a conference in San Francisco on Tuesday.
Reinforcing the point, the blog post Thursday noted, "It's not the one-size-fits-all approach to local discovery you're used to."
Thursday's redesign debuted a Top Picks feature, or a set of recommendations that appear without requiring a query, a representative said. The existing feature that allows users to find friends who may be nearby has also been relocated to the "explore" tab.
The redesign introduced a "friends" tab featuring "tips, lists, and places your friends have saved," the company said. Foursquare also claims to have made the app faster.
A BlackBerry version of the app will come soon, the company said. Foursquare does not build apps for Windows Phone "in-house," a representative said in an email, but according to Luedorf, the company is working with Microsoft to create an app for the Windows Phone.
The blog post announcing the changes promised more updates in the "weeks ahead."
Cameron Scott covers search, web services and privacy for The IDG News Service. Follow Cameron on Twitter at CScott_IDG.
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By Don Bolding
Killeen Daily Herald
Another Earth Day has come and gone, but the idea is to make it an anniversary and a new beginning, like Easter, and a growing number of people and institutions and businesses are doing that.
People suspect that some businesses try to put token efforts and lip service in the best light, but serious efforts are more and more prevalent.
Transportation and construction draw the most attention, but every business has some practices that affect the environment in constant ways. Where businesses are concerned, the most important key is how environmental efforts will affect the bottom line.
"I really think that most business owners presented with a 'green' practice whose cost is equal to a less environmentally friendly one, will pick the one that will help the environment," said Charlie Buckley, who bought Zip Cleaners from Charles and Marjorie Reinhardt in late 2005. "Their first concern has to be taking care of the business, staying competitive and paying their employees. But there are a lot of practices and pieces of equipment that will pay for themselves in the long run in energy savings and other ways."
The Reinhardts signed on early with the city of Killeen's 12-year-old recycling office to dispose of paper and cardboard, but the business also uses a lot of resources and produces chemicals that could be released into the atmosphere and water supply. Buckley said the Reinhardts stopped using a type of chemical referred to as "perc" that has been banned in many states, and he has followed suit. And, in December 2005, he bought a type of dryer that recycles solvent, which was formerly released into the air as gas or particulates and had to be frequently replaced. The machine distills the solvent and recovers 90 to 95 percent.
"The unit is expensive, but will pay for itself over time," he said.
He also encourages customers to return garment hangers. "We have to find time to untangle them, but we save money on buying more and keep them out of the landfill," he said.
He also recently bought a more energy-efficient water heater and is considering methods of recapturing wastewater. "And I'm always looking for ways to save natural gas. We use an enormous amount of it."
He said he uses compact fluorescent bulbs to replace incandescent bulbs as they burn out both at work and at home. "It's amazing how much the price of those has come down as they've become more popular," he said. "It's good that we try constantly to raise people's awareness about these issues so that we'll keep finding ways."
Killeen Mall also uses the bulbs for the carts in the middle of its aisles, said marketing director Mardi Redlin. The mall recently joined a promotion by its parent, Jones Lang LaSalle, to provide reusable "Shop Green Bags" to customers using Discover gift cards. The program ends May 31 if supplies last that long.
Redlin said the mall recycles all cardboard for itself and its stores, amounting to about 200 tons annually and cutting its garbage output in half, and the mall installed a more energy-efficient air conditioning system about five years ago. "We are actively looking for ways to be 'green' in all that we do," she said.
Among other efforts, many in the office print on both sides of paper. "We e-mail most documents and use other electronic storage methods to decrease the amount of paper, ink and toner," she said.
"As we replace the heating, ventilation and air conditioning units, we put in Energy Star units," she said. "We use electronic ballasts to save electricity. We use as much xeriscaping as we can to cut down on water use for landscaping, and we have automatic faucets in restrooms. We have a water dispenser in the office to eliminate plastic bottles."
Killeen city recycling manager Peter DeLillo said he and his staff collect paper and cardboard from about 35 local businesses. Some of them bring the materials to the recycling center, and the center makes a circuit for the rest with its one pickup truck and one trailer. DeLillo is trying to build the practice slowly, so his resources don't get swamped, but he estimates he only gets 5 percent of potential business waste.
The department offers curbside pickup of household recyclables, and its yard and offices at 111 E. Avenue F are open for people to bring recyclables themselves on weekdays. The number for information is (254) 554-7572, or the center can be reached through the city's main number at (254) 501-7600.
All H-E-B stores, including the local ones, recycle their cardboard, and the company designs stores to make full use of natural light and looks for other ways to increase energy efficiency. The company is a leader in promoting ethanol sales, with one pump installed at the service station at the Killeen store on Trimmier Road. The local stores joined all others in the company in giving away canvas shopping bags to anyone bringing in five plastic bags to recycle on Earth Day and still has the canvas bags for sale.
Killeen Wal-Mart general manager Bob Sykes said, "We push eco-friendly products at every opportunity, and we find our customers receive it very, very positively." He said sales of environmentally friendly detergents are up 22 percent locally this year, and sales of eco-friendly fuel treatments and cleaning supplies are up dramatically. On Earth Day, the store gave away 1,000 reusable shopping bags, and associates went to the lakes to plant 100 trees to replace some of the ones drowned in last year's flooding. "I joined them and really got a good feeling from that," he said.
The store ordered a three-week supply of recyclable pet beds and sold out of them in two days at $39 each.
Wal-Mart's national headquarters in Bentonville, Ark., tracks its stores' performance state-by-state in various categories of eco-friendly sales with a "Sustainable Live Better Index." Texas was above average in the "adoption rate" for compact fluorescent light bulbs with 20.6 percent, 2.24 percent for organic milk, and concentrated/reduced-packing laundry detergent with 95.5 percent. The index also tracks organic baby food and formula and extended life paper products and is adding sustainable coffee and cleaning products following the introduction of Sam's Choice coffee and Clorox Green Works. Company officials said Texas ranked eighth overall in the index.
The company has a booklet that promotes a number of eco-friendly products as alternatives to conventional ones. But it notes candidly, "Earth-friendly products won't save the Earth if they don't save people money."
That's a little more blunt and stark than Buckley's belief in virtue breaking a tie, but it's a challenge to consumers to run the numbers and to producers to create numbers to run.
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Tesla suspends automobile purchases utilizing Bitcoin, cites environmental concerns- Expertise Information, Novi Reporter
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Electrical automotive maker Tesla will cease accepting Bitcoin as a cost, CEO Elon Musk tweeted on Wednesday, citing environmental issues. “We’re involved about speedy rising use of fossil fuels for Bitcoin mining and transactions, particularly coal, which has the worst emissions of any gasoline,” Musk mentioned on Twitter. He added that cryptocurrency is a “good thought on many ranges” however its promise can not come at a “nice value to the surroundings.”
Tesla, he added, gained’t be promoting any of the Bitcoin it owns.
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— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 12, 2021
The value of bitcoin fell about 5 % to $51,847 after Musk’s feedback on Twitter. Tesla’s inventory completed Wednesday down 4.4 %.
In the meantime, on Tuesday, Musk ran a ballot on his Twitter account asking customers if they’d need Tesla to just accept Dogecoin as cost.
Would you like Tesla to just accept Doge?
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 11, 2021
Tesla mentioned in February that it had invested round $1.5 billion in Bitcoin and it deliberate to start accepting the digital forex as cost “quickly.” The truthful market worth of Tesla’s Bitcoin holdings as of 31 March was $2.48 billion, based on securities filings.
Bitcoin depends on computer systems, which depend on electrical energy, to exist. The variety of computer systems and the power wanted to energy them is rising — the rising worth of bitcoin is instantly tied to the quantity of power it makes use of.
Bitcoin miners unlock bitcoins by fixing complicated, distinctive puzzles. As the worth of bitcoin goes up, the puzzles turn into more and more harder, and it requires extra pc energy to resolve them. Estimates on how a lot power Bitcoin makes use of differ.
A 2019 examine by researchers on the Technical College of Munich and the Massachusetts Institute of Expertise concluded that, in late 2018, your entire bitcoin community was chargeable for as much as 22.9 million tons of CO2 per yr — much like a big Western metropolis or a complete growing nation like Sri Lanka. Complete world emissions of the greenhouse fuel from the burning of fossil fuels have been about 37 billion tons final yr.
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More than 2.5bn active gamers sustain a multi-billion-dollar global gaming industry.
Much of the industry’s growth is fuelled by advances in digital technology. Faster and more reliable Internet connections, smart phones, and 3D design software have turned today’s best-selling games into immersive, close to cinematic thrill-rides.
Smartphones have put these gaming experiences right in our pockets and we’re heading to a future where gamers may need nothing more than access to the Internet to instantly play on any device. The demand for a super high-quality, high-speed Internet connection has never been greater.
The kind of seamless connectivity the industry needs to elevate current gaming experiences is now possible with 5G Internet connectivity. With ultra-low latency and lightning fast speeds, 5G seems purpose-built to have a positive disruptive effect on the gaming industry.
Renowned gaming pro, Tom Cassell, in a recent demo for e-sports fans in Birmingham, UK which was live streamed on Vodafone 5G, enthused: “5G is completely changing the landscape when it comes to gaming on the go.”
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With the speeds that 5G is capable of achieving, it takes only seconds to download a full HD film. In gaming, such fast Internet speeds mean quick reaction times.
The technological advances behind 5G’s remarkable speeds are Massive MIMO, a new form of radio antenna that is much more effective than a single broad signal and results in less interference. The second is new spectrum, which can deliver faster speeds and greater capacity.
Instant reaction times will finally give gamers the experience of seamless, lag-free gaming interaction.
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For gamers, even a split-second lag due to high network latency – the time it takes devices to communicate with each other’s wireless networks – can be the difference between winning and losing. With 5G promising ultra-low latency, the immersion breaking lag will be a thing of the past in gaming.
The technology behind 5G’s low latency includes faster radio processing. New technology allows the radio signal to be processed more quickly. The second is Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC). Purpose-built Edge Technology Centres (ETC) shorten the distance for the signal to travel, thereby reducing the latency.
With these latency improvements, 5G also creates the space to innovate and the possibility of combining gaming with 5G and augmented reality (AR) for multiplayer mobile AR gaming. A truly seamless experience, however, requires the low latency that 5G offers.
Vodafone is Leading Digital Innovation
In Qatar, the transformative potential of 5G is already closer to reality for mobile gamers since Vodafone Qatar switched on its 5G network a year ago. Vodafone 5G offers the ‘real-time’ connectivity to open the doors to brand new experiences and applications, including new levels of gaming performance.
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Millions of e-sports enthusiasts will have the chance to see the real-time potential of a 5G network during the Vodafone 5G ESL Mobile Open being hosted in Milan on September 28 and 29.
Vodafone has partnered with ESL, the world’s largest e-sports company, to launch the world’s first international mobile e-sports tournament to feature live finals played over a mobile 5G network.
The tournament will show millions of gaming fans around the world the potential of Vodafone’s 5G low latency streaming to help players reach new levels of gaming performance while fans can experience the thrill of streamed professional gaming performance.
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Low-latency and high-speed Internet is key for gaming and Vodafone is leading digital innovation to bring gamers and e-sports enthusiasts both – with real time 5G connectivity.
With network speeds faster than the blink of an eye, Vodafone 5G will usher in truly immersive experiences on devices from virtual to augmented reality. Such innovations are making the future of gaming a reality.
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It’s hard to believe that just fifteen months ago, the retail real estate industry – every industry, really – was thrown into chaos by the onset of Covid-19. Regulations updated and changed almost faster than we could keep up with, and businesses had to either adapt in the blink of an eye or close their doors indefinitely. While there was certainly no playbook for how this situation would unfold, we felt that the lessons learned from the Great Recession could serve as a guide.
With that in mind, last year, we published our thoughts on six ways retail real estate would change in a post-Covid world. Now we’re going to revisit that post and take a deeper dive into what we got right and what we might have missed.
Theory #1: The suburbs will likely recover quicker.
The suburbs recovering quickly, we’re happy to say, has proved mostly true. Most of our brokers will tell you that suburban retail real estate activity only took a few months early in the pandemic for things to stabilize as retailers learned to adapt to the new rules of the game. Today we’re seeing steady activity across all nine of our offices at levels matching or even exceeding those of 2019, with both increased tenant activity on our listings, as well as our tenant clients actively seeking opportunities.
While we have seemed to turn a corner with urban real estate, however, it still isn’t quite back to where it used to be. With a rise in the number of people working from home, reduced traffic from tourism, and a reluctance to use public transportation, urban centers saw much lower foot traffic for daytime spending and incidental shopping.
Using Placer.ai data we took a look at the foot traffic of two sets of comparable urban and suburban shopping centers. We looked at average monthly visits during the same 6-month span in both 2019 and 2021. First, we took two top-tier enclosed malls: The Burlington Mall and Boston’s Prudential Center. In 2019, Prudential, one of Boston’s premier shopping and office destinations, enjoyed 30% more monthly visits than Burlington, which is one of the top suburban malls in greater Boston. For those same 6 months in 2021, both malls were down from their 2019 numbers, however Burlington had 17% more visits than Prudential. Prudential’s dependence on urban office occupancy and a drastic reduction in tourism are the likely drivers of this result.
Next we looked at two suburban-style power centers: SouthBay, located in the Boston city limits, and University Station, located in the suburb of Westwood. Here the data shows a slightly different story. In 2019, SouthBay had 61% more monthly visits than University, despite similar size and tenant mix. In 2021, the gap had only closed to 50%. SouthBay, with its vehicle-centric layout and tenancy, was better positioned to quickly rebound from Covid operating restrictions. Additionally, University Station is actually seeing more visits than it did in 2019 with a tenant mix that is not only vehicle centric but also comprises many of the categories that performed so well during Covid.
In urban areas, brighter days are certainly on the horizon though. According to Joe Mastromonaco ‒ Partner, New York City, “While the rents are not back to their pre-Covid levels, brands, digital concepts, and restaurants all know that New York is the greatest city in the world, and this situation has created more affordable price-point options than any time in the last decade.”
Theory #2: Users with the most effective mobile ordering apps who are best able to execute for their customers will win.
When we wrote this prediction, we mainly had fast casual restaurants in mind. At this point, fast casual restaurants that don’t have either a mobile app, a drive-thru, or both aren’t even in the conversation. Meanwhile, chains like Chipotle and Starbucks saw substantial increases in digital orders over the past year and are now leveraging their rewards program to hold onto those gains. Be on the lookout for a future post where we do a deeper dive on how the restaurant industry has reacted to Covid-19.
We’ve even seen this trend expand beyond restaurants, with retailers like Target, Walmart, and Home Depot making their BOPIS (buy-online pick-up in store) experience even easier for customers through use of their mobile apps. According to a McKinsey study, nearly 40% of Americans tried a new way of shopping during the pandemic and 75% of those who tried curbside or BOPIS wish to continue shopping that way post-Covid.
Theory #3: Restrictive municipalities will likely loosen permitting.
We made this prediction assuming we’d see massive vacancies that haven’t come to fruition outside of urban areas. Vacancies that do exist are either flawed or haven’t been vacant long enough to cause panic and significantly change permitting yet. Spaces are still being filled with plenty of active users.
What we did see was a shift in permitting in expanded outdoor dining and revised liquor laws with the implementation of drinks to go in many establishments. While we cannot point to specific instances of permitting authorities shifting attitudes towards drive-through, the CDC’s decision to declare drive-throughs as “essential” certainly lends more weight to the argument.
We asked Josh Swerling, a Principal at Bohler in Southborough, MA to weigh in. “Though we haven’t seen complete revamping of zoning or land use regulations related to drive-throughs (yet at least), we have seen more jurisdictional agencies and municipal boards showing empathy and a more open-minded approach to the operational needs of our QSR (quick serve restaurant) clients as we navigate the entitlement process,” says Swerling.
“This includes either new ground-up facilities or modifications to existing drive-through facilities to accommodate the addition of lanes, order/delivery points, mobile ordering, uber eats/door dash and curbside pickup options.”
Verdict: Too soon to tell
Theory #4: Even healthy regional malls will sustain irreparable damage.
Lousy malls pre-pandemic are still lousy malls today. Good malls are hanging around better than we expected as of this time last year. We’ve seen re-development continue and even accelerate in some instances, but we can’t point to any malls in the markets we cover for whom Covid was the final death blow.
When making this claim, we anticipated that the operational restrictions, particularly on enclosed shopping centers, would be simply too much for already beleaguered malls to handle. Not that we are rooting for their demise, but mall-based tenants (as we have noted before) make up such a large portion of the flawed “retail apocalypse” narrative. The faster we can all move on from these struggling concepts and embrace the new realities of our quite healthy industry, the better off those us so closely tied to retail real estate will be.
Verdict: False, unfortunately
Theory #5: Anchor tenants will relax use restrictions to avoid heavy vacancies in centers.
Even at the time of writing our original predictions, we were already starting to see this come to pass as retailers and landlords worked through rent deferrals. However, this was a trend we saw pre-Covid and has more to do with the changing user pool for retail space than any changes brought about by the pandemic.
Similar to Theory #3, this prediction was rooted in the belief that our industry would be facing an existential crisis and massive tenant failures brought on by Covid restrictions. For this reason, we’re quite happy to be wrong. Retailers and landlords worked together at a rapid pace to react to Covid changes. When coupled with the broader stabilization efforts of the economy, more drastic measures thankfully were not needed.
Verdict: False (and we’re good with that)
Theory #6: Medical users will continue to be a major player for retail assets.
This is another prediction we haven’t yet seen realized, mostly because medical users paused expansion during Covid. However, certain medical users, such as urgent care and well-visit service providers are back to pre-Covid levels of activity.
What we have not yet seen is how regional healthcare providers are going to shift strategies in response to challenges from Covid. We expect it will take some considerable time and distance from the crisis for medical users to take stock of what has passed and make strategic adjustments.
Verdict: Too soon to tell
As we noted, there was no playbook for what we all experienced over the past 15+ months. With the benefit of hindsight, here are a few other important impacts we’ve seen.
So what did we miss?
While the run on toilet-paper bordered on comical, it did signal broader supply chain challenges faced by retailers, wholesalers, and manufacturers as a result of the pandemic. Anyone who tried to build a deck on their home this year can tell you not only about the wait on pressure-treated lumber but the resulting price hikes. These shortages were brought on not just by increased demand but by the logistical challenges of travelling across jurisdictions and plant shutdowns due to Covid outbreaks. How did this impact real estate? For starters, it made projects more expensive and time-consuming to construct. Higher material costs and work-stoppages were a constant thorn in developers’ sides as they worked to move projects to completion.
All this was compounded by the fact that retail demand never really waned the way it did during the Great Recession, as Covid did not bring with it an economic collapse. This was partially due to stimulus at the lower end of the economy and work-from-home technology at the upper end. While it’s true that some industries – restaurant and hospitality, to name a couple of examples – suffered devastating losses, the rest of retail remained strong, if changed. In fact, certain sectors such as grocery and home improvement saw record sales putting them in a much stronger position to succeed post-Covid.
Fifteen months ago, all industries were staring into the abyss. For the last several years, the trend in retail real estate was placemaking: not just about shopping but creating venues and center where people would gather simply to connect. For that reason, you’d be forgiven for thinking that retail real estate would be forever altered. However, the activity we are seeing with our teams now, the appetite for transactions, is almost indistinguishable from that of 2019 (save people wearing masks and keeping their distance). If we’re being honest, not many among us would have guessed that an industry built around the gathering of people would have recovered so well, so quickly. In that sense, this crisis has highlighted the resilience of the retail industry to weather all kinds of challenges.
Frankly, it’s still too early for many of our thoughts to materialize. We modeled our predictions based both on the most up-to-date industry information at the time and the template of the Great Recession. But so much of the fallout from the latter took years to fully play out, only really apparent around 2015.
When we wrote our initial predictions in May 2020, we weren’t quite back to normal transaction levels yet; everything was very much paused. By the end of the summer, nearly all our clients were back and hungry for deals, able to adjust to the shifting real estate landscape to continue or even accelerate their growth plans.
What we knew then still holds true now: the landscape of retail real estate continues to shift, with new users joining leading retailers able to quickly adapt to changing customer demands, but brick & mortar isn’t going anywhere anytime soon.


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China's Ningbo Haitian Group Co. Ltd., which claims to be the world's largest maker of injection molding machines, plans to raise HK$1.27 billion (US$163.4 million) in the Hong Kong stock market to fund a major expansion and pay off debt.
Ningbo, China-based Haitian wants to build three more factories in China, beef up its research and development and establish service centers in China, Russia, India and North Africa, it said in documents filed Dec. 11 related to the proposed initial public offering.
Haitian claims to have about 28 percent of China's domestic market of 50,000-60,000 presses a year, and is particularly entrenched in the country's large-tonnage market of machines with more than 500 tons of clamping force, where it has a 60 percent share.
Through the IPO, Ningbo Haitian is setting up a Hong Kong-based, publicly traded company called Haitian International Holdings Ltd., which will own 25 percent of the press maker.
In documents filed as part of the IPO, the company outlined a strategy of trying to stake a stronger position in small-tonnage machines - to be made at a new factory in Wuxi, China, that will open this year - along with focusing on higher technology in both larger machines and areas like all-electric presses.
It said it wants to acquire an overseas injection press maker skilled in all-electric technology, for example.
Haitian said it is the first Chinese firm to be able to mass-produce its own version of the all-electric machine. But the company also acknowledged that its offerings in those more-sophisticated products are not yet up to the level of top international competitors, most of which are investing in China as well.
``In respect of high-end products including medium to large-tonnage plastic injection molding machines and all-electric injection molding machines, the directors believe that the group will require additional effort and resources to reach the advanced technology level of top-tier international players,'' the company said in the filing.
Haitian had a joint venture with one of those top international competitors, Demag Plastics Group, but that ended last year.
In detail, here is what the company wants to do with the money:
* The largest chunk, HK$625.4 million (US$80.5 million), would go to help pay for three new factories, in Wuxi, Ningbo and Guangzhou, with the latter two to begin operating in 2008. It also would fund upgrades at existing plants. The Wuxi factory will have capacity of 6,000 machines a year, the company said.
* About HK$377.4 million (US$48.5 million) would pay off debt.
* Haitian wants to spend HK$132 million (US$16.9 million) for research and development, including HK$79.4 million (US$10.2 million) on a new R&D center, along with new equipment and alliances with two Chinese universities. One alliance, formed in early 2005 with the Beijing University of Chemical Technology, gave the school a 20 percent stake in an equity joint venture to develop all-electric presses, multimaterial machines and other technology. But Haitian said the products from the venture currently are not being mass-produced.
* The company would spend HK$47.7 million (US$6.13 million) to set up 15 new service centers throughout China by 2008.
The company estimates production this year will rise 19 percent to 17,400 injection presses, using nearly all of its capacity of 18,000. (The entire U.S. market, by comparison, bought 3,700 machines in 2005.) Haitian expects the Chinese market for machines to grow 9.9 percent a year until 2010, even with intense price competition.
Haitian also said it has been able to boost its international presence, with sales outside China accounting for about 30 percent of sales of 2.58 billion yuan (US$313.7 million) last year, up from 17 percent in 2003 sales of 2 billion yuan (US$242.4 million).
The company disclosed it is shutting subsidiaries in Brazil and Turkey, and delegating most marketing and sales to third-party sales agents and distributors so it can focus on product development. Such arrangements account for more than 80 percent of sales worldwide, Haitian said.
The IPO also does not include a related company, Zhafir Plastics Machinery GmbH, a new firm founded in Germany by several Haitian executives to research making premium machines.
The venture is 60 percent owned by Chief Executive Officer Zhang Jianming; 20 percent by Zhang Jianfeng, senior vice president of sales and marketing; and 20 percent by well-known German machinery executive Helmar Franz, executive vice president, who joined the firm last year.


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WASHINGTON – The monetary trade has persuaded Congress to reject a moratorium on recording missed and overdue funds on credit score reviews throughout the coronavirus epidemic, which raises considerations that individuals who lose their jobs will completely have an effect on their credit score scores.
Laws that may have prevented credit score bureaus from reporting destructive credit score data for 4 months was shelved within the lobbying frenzy forward of final week’s passage. roughly $ 2 trillion financial stimulus invoice, mentioned lawmakers.
The credit score trade has argued that it already has satisfactory measures in place to guard folks’s credit score within the occasion of a catastrophe, and that incomplete reporting will result in lasting issues in figuring out folks’s bad credit loans.
Democratic Senators Sherrod Brown of Ohio and Brian Schatz of Hawaii have pledged to proceed to push for his or her proposed moratorium. The Nationwide Shopper Regulation Heart has mentioned that trusting collectors to assist shoppers “simply is not acceptable.”
“Though our invoice was not included within the last package deal, this downside is not going to go away,” Brown wrote on Twitter final week. “I’ll proceed to combat with @brianschatz to verify households do not take an unfair blow to their credit score throughout this disaster.”


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The retailer revealed quarterly earnings Thursday before the market opened, widening its losses by another $90 million and revealing a 10 percent staff reduction in its Columbus, Ohio, corporate offices. Shares of Express closed down 25.95 percent Thursday to $1.17 a piece as a result.
But Tim Baxter, Express’ chief executive officer, said he’s cautiously optimistic about the company’s progress.
“In the third quarter, we continued to advance the Expressway Forward strategy while taking decisive and appropriate action to manage our liquidity,” Baxter said in a statement. “Our e-commerce business continues to gain momentum and the new fashion product that fully reflects the ‘Express Edit’ viewpoint is outpacing the balance of our assortment.”
Those fashion edits include an attempt to tap into the growing men’s wear market. In September, Express launched its Men’s Style Trial Service. Baxter has also previously said Express is returning to its fashion-driven roots with a greater selection of men’s and women’s jeans. In addition, Express partnered with designer and television personality Tan France during New York Fashion Week for the Dream Big Project.
“Our strategy is the right one, the changes to our product presentation and brand positioning are the right ones and our financial actions are the right ones,” Baxter said. “As we move into 2021, we remain focused on delivering our long-term goal of a mid-single-digit operating margin and profitable growth.
“Our streamlined go-to-market process and the implementation of our new inventory planning and management systems have already improved our efficiency and enabled us to operate with greater speed and agility,” Baxter added. “Further reducing our workforce was a difficult decision, but was appropriate to calibrate the organization to the capabilities of this new operating model.”
Bright spots in the quarter included the company’s e-commerce business. Demand for services such as buy-online-pick-up-in-stores grew six-fold during the quarter, with 18 percent of those transactions resulting in increased conversion rates. The retailer plans on rolling out a new e-commerce strategy in early 2021.
By category, Express had success in sweaters, denim, loungewear and men’s knit tops during the quarter. New customers in men’s top business grew by more than 100 percent online, compared with a year ago, with noticeable strength in men’s polos, which Baxter called “the new work shirt.”
“Casual is clearly performing better right now than our historically big categories of more dressed up product,” Baxter said on Thursday morning’s conference call with analysts. “[But] we’ve had weeks where we were actually posting positive comps in denim. It’s tough to offset what is happening in stores right now given the high penetration in stores to our business. But our denim customer has tremendous lifetime value over a non-denim customer, visiting twice as frequently and spending twice as much on an annual basis.
“Our customers are absolutely responding to the fashion product in a way that, as I said, has exceeded our expectations,” Baxter added.
The company is not providing forward-looking guidance, but anticipates the job cuts will help free up $13 million next year. In addition, Express is expecting a $95 million cash tax benefit in 2021’s second quarter as part of the CARES Act and has secured $25 million in rent abatements to date.
Still, the return on investments have yet to take shape. And store closures and declining mall traffic — which began pre-pandemic — aren’t helping much.
For the three-month period ending Oct. 31, total company revenues were $322 million, down from $488 million the same time last year. The company lost more than $90 million in the quarter. That’s on top of a $107 million loss last quarter and more than the $3.1 million in losses in last year’s third quarter.
Headwinds include the company’s extensive store fleet, many of which are located in malls, occasionwear and increased promotions.
“Overall for Q3, the promotional environment was pretty intense and it was higher than initially anticipated,” Perry Pericleous, the company’s chief financial officer, said on the call.
Meanwhile, the company still plans on closing approximately 100 stores in January.
“Fleet rationalization is about the number of stores; fleet optimization, which is now our focus, is about where the store should be, what type they should be and what role they will play in our customers lives,” Baxter said. “We use data to make thoughtful decisions and if we decide to close more stores that will also be the result of thoughtful data-based decisions.”
Express ended the quarter with $107 million in cash and cash equivalents, $165 million in long-term debt and 592 stores in the U.S.
Shares of Express are down more than 70 percent year-over-year.


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Martin will join CEA president and CEO Gary Shapiro for a one-on-one discussion of vital issues, including the digital television (DTV) transition and broadband deployment. Martin's session is slated for noon-1 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 10, at the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC), North Hall N257. This will be Chairman Martin's second Industry Insider appearance at the International CES.
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PARIS — While attendance figures at the recent Salon International de la Lingerie and Interfilière trade shows here saw a significant drop, falling 12.4 percent to 26,392, buyers were generally upbeat, with many targeting increasingly high-end brands.
“We’re looking to step up our business to the next level, so we’re looking for some higher-end brands to really capture that customer,” said Jenna Rease, buyer for U.S. online intimates retailer Freshpair.com
“We started bringing in some higher-end brands like Simone Pérèle about a year-and-a-half ago, which have done really well for us, so we want to continue with that,” she continued, citing brands like Aubade and Lise Charmel as examples of lines she would like to add.
Tia Lyn, founder of the lingerie brand of the same name and owner of the Contours Lingerie boutique in Madison, Wisc., summed up market sentiment this way: “With the economy being so difficult, those that have money don’t have many places they want to show it,” she said. “Intimate apparel is private, so people are indulging that way.”
Other brands confirmed the trend.
“Our prices are quite reasonable, and people have been saying we should increase them,” said Stephanie Chan, brand manager for Scandale, relaunched at SIL a year ago. “We thought, why not bring out something a bit more luxury.”
The result at Scandale is the lace-edged, archive-inspired Encore Exclusive line, which is priced 40 percent higher. “It’s been very well received...It will help us to get into different doors...For some retailers we are not premium enough,” said Chan.
Buyers generally lauded the dynamism of the show’s offers, citing color and styling as standout factors.
“The fashion show was extraordinary,” commented Jeanie Petersen, co-owner of the Sol boutique in Denver. “Last year it was dreary. We may have to readdress some of our budgets so we can open up some money for new brands.”
Erna Dreyfuss, collections manager for children’s apparel and lingerie at Printemps, observed, “Brands are countering the crisis with bright colors and mixes of fabrics that make each piece all the more exceptional.” She cited bodysuits, shapewear and bright colors like green and purple as strong trends for fall.
Other trends included the increasing crossover between lingerie and daywear with newcomer Monette’s silk bodysuits and silhouettes from Aubade being prime examples.
The sexy theme was also visible, with more brands targeting the ongoing burlesque trend. “Naughty lingerie is much more acceptable,” said one buyer.
But naughty lingerie was not the only category getting attention. Omora, another SIL first timer, was the merchandise licensee for the hit erotic novel “Fifty Shades of Grey,” offering sex toys and accessories.
“It really begs the question for lingerie retailers, ‘Can I sell pleasure products?’” commented Dan Gasper, commercial director of licensee Omora. “This [Fifty Shades of Grey] is the first mainstream brand they’ve ever had that they can put in a window.” He added that since its launch on Nov. 1, the racy brand has attracted 1,500 retailers and has sold half a million items.
Meanwhile, Olivier Piquet, managing director of Lise Charmel, acknowledged that 2012 had not been an easy year for the company. Overall business was flat at approximately 80 million euros, or $106 million at current exchange.
“The group is fighting back by investing in products, creativity and innovation with items that really stand out,” he said. But while business has been challenging, Lise Charmel won the SIL designer of the year.
Over at the Interfilière textile and lace area, a high-end feel was also apparent with a focus on lace innovation and a new, invitation-only area called The Exception, where suppliers can show their most innovative developments without fear of being copied. A larger sourcing area catered to the increasing demand for full-service manufacturers, and Italian group Iluna took home the Interfilière designer of the year award.
In other developments, it was SIL’s 50th anniversary edition, and organizer Eurovet pulled out all the stops to celebrate, including adding Agora, a new area where retailers could meet and exchange ideas.
But the snowy conditions in Paris and other parts of Europe kept a number of buyers from attending the fair, including French visitors, whose attendance fell 16 percent.
“These collections continue to build on that vision, empowering differently abled adults to express themselves through fashion,” said @tommyhilfiger of his line of adaptive apparel, which launches today. The line consists of 37 men’s and 34 women’s styles based upon the pieces from the spring Tommy Hilfiger sportswear collection. #wwdnews
“Stranger Things” is getting a new cast member for season 2. Meet @sadiesink_, the 15-year-old who will be joining the Netflix series for its new season. You may recognize her from “The Glass Castle” with Brie Larson and Woody Harrelson, but the Texas native’s next role goes in an entirely different direction. She describes her character, Max, as “a rough and tumble skater girl [who] becomes friends with the boys at school.” The second season debuts on October 27. (📷: @jgreenery) #wwdeye
Amid the Harvey Weinstein controversy, there’s another sector that’s being put under the spotlight for sexual abuse: the modeling industry. While rumors about abuse and sexual harassment of female and male models — and the photographers, agents and others who perpetrated it — have circulated within the fashion world for years, model @cameronrussell started posting stories from models on Instagram last week about abusive situations they’ve encountered — from sexual harassment and molestation to attempted rape. Over 75 have weighed in so far. Read more on WWD.com. Link in bio. #wwdnews
To celebrate its 16th anniversary, @dylanscandybar tapped designers and celebrities to create mosaics out of candy. The mosaics will be auctioned off to support the philanthropic cause of each participant’s choice. Pictured here is the mural created by @aliceandolivia's Stacey Bendet. For a first look at some of the other artwork being unveiled tonight, go to WWD.com. #wwdeye
The annual Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic in Pacific Palisades this weekend drew Kate Hudson, Tracee Ellis Ross, Laura Dern and more. See pictures of the star-studded event on WWD.com. (📷: @chelsealaurenla) #wwdeye
In his new book “Hollywood Royale,” Andy Warhol’s Protégé Matthew Rolston celebrates the Eighties revival of Hollywood glamour. Featuring more than 100 portraits taken by Rolston from 1977 to 1993, the book contains photos of icons like Michael Jackson, Cyndi Lauper, and @drewbarrymore, pictured here in 1991. “Hollywood Royale,” out today, will be accompanied by an exhibition opening at Los Angeles’ Fahey/Klein Gallery on March 1. #wwdeye
"Nowadays when life is not so happy with everything going on in the world, I think people come to me for a little bit of whimsy and color and fun." - Designer Rebecca De Ravenel on her cult-favorite jewelry line. (📸 : @vsteves) #wwd40
“Everyone is talking about how the retail industry is struggling, but I think it’s an incredible time because brands who are doing something different and innovative are setting themselves up for the future,” said @adamgoldston, who founded the luxury athletic brand @apl with his brother @ryangoldsten. The Goldston’s are part of WWD’s 40 under 40: a group of industry notables. See the rest of the list on WWD.com. (📷: @vsteves) #wwd40
@eyeswoon blogger Athena Calderone debuted her first-ever cookbook, “Cook Beautiful,” which is heavily centered on the presentation and visual expression of food. Pictured here are her miso glazed carrots from the book. Get the recipe on WWD.com. (📷: @johnny_miller_) #wwdeye


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World’s Leading Tourism Fair to be Held from March 6 in Berlin
Last year in March, the Internationale Tourismus-Börse ( ITB) Berlin saw about 110,000 trade visitors from Germany and abroad, including 190 countries and regions of exhibitors.
Those exhibiting at the convention include travel associations, hotels, airlines, MICE, travel agencies, and travel technologies, among others.
This year from March 6 to 10, the fair is expected to embrace more participants, opportunities, and successful trades. Numerous influential figures will be present at the opening ceremony of ITB Berlin, including German Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy Peter Altmaier.
The 2018 ITB Fair draws participants from 190 countries and regions. The top three types of travel from last year’s fair were leisure and recreational trips, adventures, and cultural travel.
Two segments are worthy of our attention this year, besides the conventional programs: the Medical Tourism Pavilion and the VR Lab.
ITB will be giving the booming medical tourism market a bigger platform this year. The sector is currently worth about 100 billion U.S. dollars around the world and is expected to grow by 25 percent each year.
The new ITB Virtual Reality Lab in hall 10.2 will hold six talks this year that let you learn about the latest tech and have you experience them yourself.
In 2018, 83 percent of the exhibiting companies consider their participation and trade “successful.” We look forward to more fascinating programs at the fair, including but not limited to cool tech such as new e-payment methods and travel programs developed by companies or local government.
Source: CGTN Update: March 6, 2019


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Registers jingle as holiday shopping kicks into gear
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The traditional opening day of Christmas shopping started with aflourish this morning as shoppers waited in lines to enter storesand purchase gifts.
Retailers said that if today was any indication of the seasonthey would have reason to celebrate.
“We had people lined up when we opened at 7 a.m.,” said VeronicaHaraughty, manager of the Stage store in Brookhaven. “It’s beenmore steady this year than it’s ever been. Usually they hit thestores that open early and come here later.”
Haraughty said she was very pleased with this year’s customerturnout and thought the store would easily exceed last year’searnings of $17,000 for the day.
“I expect to go way beyond that this year,” she said.
Ken Dunn, manager of Perkins Ace Hardware, said his store alsoshowed a strong start to the Christmas season.
“It went real good,” he said. “We had a big crowd. They werelined up early. We had a big rush until about 7:30 a.m., and it’sbeen steady since then.”
Customers, too, seem to think the season is starting off well,although some said the discounts at some stores were not as greatas they expected.
Randy and Michelle Williams said they started their earlymorning shopping spree at 5 a.m.
“We’re not finding everything we wanted, but we’re OK,” MichelleWilliams said.
Randy Williams said that even though their shopping trip wasgoing well, he was a bit disappointed in some of the discounts.
“We’re not finding the big markdowns everywhere that weexpected,” he said. “Some stores are good, but others aren’t quiteas good.”
Between the city’s quick recovery from Hurricane Katrina damageand the influx of coastal evacuees, the storm may have had boostedthe Brookhaven’s economy, Haraughty said.
If anything, Katrina seems to have had a positive effect on thecity’s Christmas shopping season, she said.
“It’s been almost like Christmas since the hurricane hit, and ithasn’t slowed down,” Haraughty said. “September to October isusually our slow period, and we had one of the best periodsever.”
The trend apparently carried citywide. Sales tax figures forOctober, the most recent month for which statistics were available,show Brookhaven’s intake up nearly $120,000 from October 2004. Thecity was almost $200,000 ahead for the year before the majorshopping season ever began.